Better than SAVING PRIVATE RYAN!!

Rating: Null/10 (31 August 2002)

Yes, you read that RIGHT. My Dad was in WW2. This is WAY better than SPR. Why? Because it focus's on OPERATION OVERLORD and the D DAY INVASION. A lot of planning went into D DAY and SPR failed to show that. I loved SPR, don't get me wrong, but it's not the kind of movie you show in HISTORY CLASS. This movie showed SWORD BEACH, UTAH BEACH and even a scene with IKE!! The man who played Dwight D. Eishenhower looked EXACTLY like him. John Wayne played a GENERAL in this movie and was great as a TOUGH MAN who REFUSED to quit. He didn't even have the lead role. There was a lot of death in this movie. The beach smelled of death! The man played by Sean Connery was very lowkey and had perhaps a couple of lines. Robert Mitchum was great! In one scene he made one of his men go back to the beach to grab his rifle!! I WILL NEVER FORGET THOSE BRAVE SOULS WHO SACRAFICED THEIR LIVES FOR OUR COUNTRY!!!! This is one movie I will watch OVER AND OVER!!!!!!!!!